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The Other Half: The History of Women Through the Ages James Boulton
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Women make up half of the world's population, and yet history books often consign them to the sidelines. They are dismissed as merely the wives of powerful men; babymakers and nothing more. Yet women have been the driving force behind history for millennia, from female Pharoahs, warrior princesses and pirates, to the revolutionaries who sought to topple the male-dominated political systems of their day. From host of the popular 'Queens of England Podcast', The Other Half tells the forgotten and ignored stories of the most powerful and influential women in history.
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5.19 Lola Montez (1) Ireland, India and Infamy
Lola Montez was a woman of many names, who defied societal norms and captivated Europe with her scandalous escapades, extensive travels, and enigmatic persona.
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5.18 Manuela Sáenz (3) The Unburied Woman of Paita
Manuela Saenz makes one last desperate effort to bring her lover back to power while the Liberator wastes away, trying and failing to escape his labyrinth.
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5.17 Manuela Sáenz (2) The Liberator of the Liberator
Manuela Sáenz returns to Simón Bolívar's side in Bogota as he struggles to hold his dream together and assassins close in.
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5.16 Manuela Sáenz (1) La Libertadora
Simon Bolivar is celebrated as the Liberator of five. And by his side was one of history's great forgotten female revolutionaries.
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5.15 Sally Hemings (2) Sally's Choice
Sally arrives in France on the eve of Revolution and into a sexual relationship with her enslaver begins - leading to a fateful choice that would change her life forever.
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5.14 Sally Hemings (1) Keeping it in the family
Not all rulers are monarchs, and not all mistresses consented to sleeping with rulers. The relationship between Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson is one of the most controversial in American history - this is how it starts.
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